Canton entered Friday night's matchup with Livonia Franklin without three of their offensive line starters from the preseason depth chart. Despite losing a fourth member early in the first half, Canton persevered to a 49-6 road rout of the Patriots.

"It was a lot of people — a lot of big guys — but we're a team," Canton senior quarterback Greg Williams said. "Everybody's got to do their one job. Not one guy, not four guys make a team. It's about the full 11."

Williams piloted a prolific Canton offense that accumulated 514 total yards. 474 of Canton's 514 offensive yards came through their rushing attack. Williams accounted for the other 40 on a passing touchdown to Nolan Gilo with 1:29 left in the first half to put Canton up 21-0.

The Chiefs (2-1) put up more points 2:14 into the third quarter (28) than they scored in the entirety of last week's 24-21 loss to Hartland. Williams said that the coaching staff had preached moving on and learning from the loss and to stay in the present.

"The whole thing all week was 'get it done.' When we broke it down, there was no speeches. We just had to get the job done," Williams said. "It's always tough coming off of a loss, especially close one at home. But you only get nine guaranteed games so it's a quick season, you have to be able to bounce back fast."

Canton got the scoring started early with an 8-yard touchdown for junior running back Jakob Wickens. The touchdown was set up by a 67-yard return of the opening kickoff by Chuck Turfe to get the ball deep into Franklin (0-3) territory.

Sophomore Marcus Sanders stole the show by scoring three touchdowns and rushing for 210 yards on 15 carries. He put Canton up 14-0 after a 3-yard touchdown six seconds into the second quarter.

Sanders outraced Patriot defenders on his final two touchdowns that were from 75 and 69 yards out late in the third quarter and early in the fourth quarter on back to back possessions.

Turfe put Canton up 28-0 with his 53-yard touchdown through the heart of the Franklin defense just 2:14 into the third quarter.

Canton closed the scoring with a 58-yard touchdown by senior running back Brian Newton.

SALEM FALLS AGAIN: It's been a tough road thus far in 2014 for the Salem Rocks, who dropped to 0-3 overall (0-1 KLAA Central) after losing a 40-6 decision on Friday night against South Lyon.

It wasn't until the final quarter that Salem broke free from their offensive drought, courtesy of senior running back Johnny Perko.

Following a meager six-yard gain on the previous play, Perko took the handoff from quarterback Alex Nicholson and sprinted down the far sideline for 57 yards before being brought down at the South Lyon 5-yard line by Kane Ruffin. The Rocks continued to give the ball to Perko, who punched it in two plays later on a 3-yard dive with 9:40 remaining.

"Johnny has great effort and missed last year for some reasons," said Salem head football coach Kurt Britnell. "He's a kid who doesn't play a lot, but he gives us a great look during the week on scout and that's his time to play. He got rewarded today with that and it was a great effort."

Perko finished the night with seven carries for 96 yards, while adding four tackles and a sack on defense.

The biggest disparity came in first downs, with South Lyon moving the chains on 16 occasions to the Rocks' five. In total, the Lions held a 283-127 advantage in offensive yards.

For Britnell, it's a matter of picking up the pieces and trying again.

"We got to go back and look at mistakes, but we're making the same mistakes," he said. "I guess that falls on me and we just have to a better job of coaching the kids up and keeping them focused and to keep working. I like our kids and we have good kids. I said going into this season that this is probably our best team athletically that we've had here. For whatever reason, it's not clicking like we had hoped."